Funding search · EIN 341812999 · Cleveland, OH

The Gale Foundation

Name: The Gale Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

85
grants reported: $10.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

foundation cash cost distribution kind refund relief stock

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Freer Foundation3 grants · $3.0M
Ourblueseas Foundation3 grants · $3.0M
Mb Gale Foundation2 grants · $3.0M
American Red Cross1 grant · $100,000
United Way of Collier and Keys1 grant · $100,000
Community of Hope2 grants · $80,000
New Life Missions2 grants · $80,000
Nova Southeastern University2 grants · $75,000
University of Miami2 grants · $75,000
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue2 grants · $70,000

Giving over time

$670,000

2022

$497,136

2023

$609,000

2024

$9.1M

2025

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

$2.6M
Freer Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Funding for the Freer Founation with in-kind stock distribution at cost
$2.6M
Mb Gale Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Funding for the MBGale Foundation with in-kind stock distribution at cost
$2.6M
Ourblueseas Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Funding for OurBlueSeas Foundation with in-kind stock distribution at cost
$488,743
Freer Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Funding for the Freer Foundation with cash
$488,743
Mb Gale Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Funding for the MBGale Foundation with cash
$488,742
Ourblueseas Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Funding for OurBlueSeas Foundation with cash
$100,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
Hurricane relief
$100,000
United Way of Collier and Keys · Naples, FL · 2022
Hurricane relief
$60,000
New Life Missions · Melbourne, FL · 2024
General Operating
$60,000
St Lawrence Basilica Preservation Fund · Asheville, NC · 2022
Preservation fund
$50,000
Community of Hope · Melbourne, FL · 2024
General Operating
$50,000
Nova Southeastern University · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Guy harvey oceanographic center
$50,000
University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2023
Rosenstiel school
$50,000
New Life Missions · Melbourne, FL · 2022
General support
$40,000
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue · Asheville, NC · 2024
General Operating
$40,000
Florida Atlantic University Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
General Operating
$40,000
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue · Asheville, NC · 2023
Medical equipment
$40,000
Community of Hope · Melbourne, FL · 2023
General support
$40,000
Community of Hope · Melbourne, FL · 2022
General support
$40,000
First United Methodist Church Melbourne · Melbourne, FL · 2022
General support
$35,000
Living Well Ministries · Brunswick, GA · 2024
General Operating
$35,000
Preservation Society of Buncombe Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2024
General Operating
$35,000
University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2024
General Operating
$35,000
Living Well Ministries · Brunswick, GA · 2022
General support
$30,000
East Coast Christian Center · Merritt Island, FL · 2023
General support
$30,000
Living Well Ministries · Brunswick, GA · 2023
General support
$30,000
New Life Missions · Melbourne, FL · 2023
General support
$30,000
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue · Asheville, NC · 2022
Medical equipment
$25,000
Asheville Area Arts Council · Asheville, NC · 2024
General Operating
$25,000
East Coast Christian Center · Merritt Island, FL · 2024
General Operating
$25,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022
Refurbish cemetery grounds
$25,000
Nova Southeastern University · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
General support
$25,000
University of Miami · Miami, FL · 2022
Rosenstiel school
$24,636
International Generosity Foundation · Clearwater, FL · 2023
Designated to the kiiti kamba foundation
$24,000
Preservation Society of Buncombe Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2023
General support
$23,000
Manna Foodbank · Asheville, NC · 2024
General Operating
$20,000
Bonobo Conservation Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operating
$20,000
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue · Asheville, NC · 2024
General Operating
$20,000
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation · Tattiesvurg, MS · 2024
General Operating
$20,000
White Horse Stepstone · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
General Operating
$20,000
Wnc Robotics · Asheville, NC · 2024
General Operating
$20,000
Asheville City Schools Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2023
General support
$20,000
Helpmate · Asheville, NC · 2023
Expanding emergency shelter
$20,000
Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project · Marathon, FL · 2023
Support turtle hospital
$20,000
North Side High School Alumni Assoc · Denver, CO · 2023
Esports program
$20,000
Pennsylvania Bat Rescue · Mertztown, PA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Speek Dog · Bradenton, FL · 2023
General support
$20,000
University of South Florida Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2023
Oceanography keys mine lab
$20,000
University of South Florida Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2022
Oceanography keys mine lab
$20,000
Virginia STEM Robotics · Wearrenton, VA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Asheville Buncombe County Christian Ministries · Asheville, NC · 2024
General Operating
$15,000
Bonobo Conservation Initiative · Washington, DC · 2024
General Operating
$15,000
Holy City Church · Charleston, SC · 2022
General support
$15,000
Speek Dog · Bradenton, FL · 2022
General support
$13,000
North Side High School Alumni Assoc · Denver, CO · 2022
Esports program
$12,000
Bookgive · Denver, CO · 2022
Purchase of 2 u-turn rounds at tuckahoe state park aviary
$10,000
Coral Restoration Foundation · Tavernier, FL · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
Daily Bread · Melbourne, FL · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
Florida International University Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
I Care Corporation · Islamorada, FL · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
Mote Marine Laboratory · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
Nsu Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
Reef Environmental Education Foundation · Key Largo, FL · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
Speek Dog · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
University of South Florida Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024
General Operating
$10,000
Asheville Bunocombe Comm Christian Ministries · Asheville, NC · 2023
Glitch robotics team
$10,000
Manna Foodbank · Asheville, NC · 2023
General support
$10,000
Asheville Bunocombe Comm Christian Ministries · Asheville, NC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Lowcountry Pregnancy Center · North Charleston, SC · 2022
General support
$10,000
Manna Foodbank · Asheville, NC · 2022
General support
$8,000
Second Harvest · Orlando, FL · 2024
General Operating
$5,000
Covenant Reformed Presbyteriam Church · Asheville, NC · 2024
General Operating
$5,000
Z 883 · Altomonte Springs, FL · 2024
General Operating
$5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Orlando, FL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Z883 Fm · Altamonte Springs, FL · 2023
General support
$5,000
Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church · Asheville, NC · 2022
Ukrainian relief efforts
$5,000
Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project · Marathon, FL · 2022
Marine environmental project
$5,000
Nami Brevard County · Cape Canaveral, FL · 2022
General support
$4,000
Daily Bread · Melbourne, FL · 2023
General support
$3,000
Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project · Marathon, FL · 2024
General Operating
$3,000
Virginia STEM Robotics · Wearrenton, VA · 2023
Fresta valley robotics team 1731
$1,500
Father Andrew White · Leonardtown, MD · 2023
Destination imagination program
$1,223
Ourblueseas Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
One-third IRS refund
$1,222
Freer Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
One-third IRS refund
$1,222
Mbgale Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
One-third IRS refund

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.